Held March 18 to 20 1940 in Washington, D. C.

Contents

PART I - GENERAL SESSIONS

ADDRESS OF WELCOME, Harold L. Ickes

MESSAGE FROM CANADA, Hoyes Lloyd

PLANNING FOR WILDLIFE RESTORATION, Ira N. Gabrielson

KEEPING TABS ON WILDLIFE LEGISLATION, Carl D. Shoemaker

POLLUTION ON THE RUN, Karl E. Mundt

HOW GOES THE PITTMAN-ROBERTSON ACT?, Albert M. Day

THE CCC IN THE WILDLIFE PROGRAM, Charles H. Taylor

THE RELATIONSHIP OF COMMERCIAL AND SPORT FISHERMEN, Charles E. Jackson

IS THE FARMER-SPORTSMAN COUNCIL THE ANSWER?, John D. Chalk, D. I. Rasmussen, Frank C. Edminster. Colin M cF. Reed, Arnold Nicholson, J. Paul Miller

SELLING WILDLIFE TO THE PUBLIC, A. Willis Robertson, Frank Thone, Mrs. Gideon N. Stieff, C. A. Paquin, John G. Mock, Bob Edge, H. W. Hochbaum, John H. Baker, W. T. Spanton

PART II - SPECIAL SESSIONS

Fish Stocking Policies

NEW YORK'S BIOLOGICAL SURVEY AS A BASIS FOR FISH MANAGEMENT RESEARCH, C. W. Greene

FOREST SERVICE FISHERIES DEVELOPMENTS AND POLICIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, Ancil D. Holloway

WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FOR THE CONTINUATION OF SPORT FISHING IN TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY WATERS?, A. H. Wiebe

A COORDINATED FISH MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR NORTH IDAHO, David J. Maclay

A DISCUSSION OF FISH STOCKING POLICIES IN NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES, Willis King

FISH STOCKING IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION AND THE COORDINATED PROGRAM IN MICHIGAN, R. R. Hill

NATURAL PRODUCTIVITY OF FISH AND CRAYFISH IN RIFFLES, E. L. Wickliff

PREDATOR CONTROL IN RELATION TO FISH MANAGEMENT IN ALASKA, Carl L. Hubbs

THE FORAGE RATIO AND ITS USE IN DETERMINING THE FOOD GRADE OF STREAMS, A. D. Hess and Albert Swartz

SOME FACTORS OF IMPORTANCE IN A STOCKING POLICY FOR TROUT AND SALMON LAKES, Gerald P. Cooper

Values of Non-Game Species

ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE MAMMALS AND BIRDS OF WALKER COUNTY, TEXAS, AND SOME ADJOINING AREAS, Walter P. Taylor

SOME BIRDS NATURALIZED IN NORTH AMERICA, May Thacher Cooke and Phoebe Knappen

RELATION OF FRANKLIN'S GULL COLONIES TO AGRICULTURE ON THE GREAT PLAINS, Philip A. DuMont

THE INFLUENCE OF BIRDS ON LOCAL GRASSHOPPER OUTBREAKS IN CALIFORNIA, Johnson A. Neff and C. C. Wilson

BIRDS AS A FACTOR IN CONTROLLING INSECT DEPREDATIONS, Clarence Cottam and Francis M. Uhler

BIRD CONTROL: A STATEMENT OF FEDERAL POLICIES WITH A SUGGESTED METHOD OF APPROACH, E. R. Kalmbach and Johnson A. Neff

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT FOR VALUABLE NON-GAME ANIMALS, William R. Van Dersal

THE FISH-EATING BIRD PROBLEM AT THE FISH HATCHERIES OF THE NORTHEAST, Richard H. Pough

Measurement of Fish Populations

REPORT ON THE UPPER PECOS RIVER CREEL CENSUS, SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST, Merle A. Gee

AN ANALYSIS OF FISHING IN THE TVA IMPOUNDMENTS DURING 1939, R. William Eschmeyer and Clarence M. Tarzwell

THE FISH POPULATION OF A SMALL POND IN NORTHERN ALABAMA, Clarence M. Tarzwell

ESTIMATION OF A BREEDING POPULATION OF CHUB SUCKERS, A. Heaton Uderhill

BEAVER-TROUT RELATIONSHIP IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION, D. I . Rasmussen

MEASUREMENT OF FISH POPULATIONS IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER, ALASKA, Oliver T. Edwards

EXPERIMENTS ON THE STOCKING OF FISH PONDS, H. S. Swingle and E. V. Smith

AN ATTEMPT TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF STREAM IMPROVEMENT IN CONNECTICUT, George W. Hunter, Ill, Lyle M. Thorpe and David E. Grosvenor

CONTROL OF GAR FISH IN LOUISIANA, Jame s Nelson Gowanloch

Wildlife Management on Agricultural Lands

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ON LAND DITCHED FOR AGRICULTURE, Warren S. Bourn

THE LIFE EQUATION OF THE RINGNECK PHEASANT IN PENNSYLVANIA, Pierce E. Randall

COTTONTAIL NESTING - STUDY IN PENNSYLVANIA, John D. Beule

NESTING COVER USED BY MEARNS COTTONTAIL, George 0. Hendrickson

THE EFFECT OF LAND-USE ADJUSTMENTS ON WILDLIFE POPULATIONS IN THE OHIO VALLEY REGION, Charles A. Dambach

A STUDY OF BOBWHITE FOODS IN RELATION TO FARM PROBLEMS IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI, J. A. Johnson

IS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PRACTICAL NEAR POPULATION CENTERS?, Merrill C. Gilfillan

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN COAL STRIPPED LAND, Lee E. Yeager

REGULATED PRIVATE SHOOTING PRESERVES IN CONNECTICUT, Leslie A. Williamson

WHY MORE WILDLIFE IS NOT PRODUCED ON AGRICULTURAL LAND, J. Paul Miller and Burwell B. Powell

Waterfowl Habitat Management

COLLECTING AND STORING SEEDS OF WATERFOWL FOOD PLANTS FOR PROPAGATION, W. F. Kubicheck

STUDIES PRELIMINARY TO A WATERFOWL HABITAT RESTORATION PROGRAM ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER, Harry G. Anderson

WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT ON THE ATLANTIC COAST REFUGES, Richard E. Griffith

RESTORATION OF WATERFOWL HABITAT IN WESTERN CANADA, B. W. Cartwright

CANADA GOOSE HABITATS IN UTAH AND OREGON, C. S. Williams and C. A. Sooter

SMALL AREA MANAGEMENT FOR WATERFOWL, Miles D. Pirnie

WOOD DUCK HABITAT MANAGEMENT IN ILLINOIS, Arthur S. Hawkins and Frank C. Bellrose, Jr.

THE MUSKRAT: A FACTOR IN WATERFOWL HABITAT MANAGEMENT, William T. Krummes

CROW-WATERFOWL RELATIONSHIPS ON FEDERAL REFUGES, Merrill C. Hammond

Introduced Species

THE HUNGARIAN AND CHUKAR PARTRIDGES IN PENNSYLVANIA, Richard Gerstell

THE INTRODUCTION AND TRANSPLANTATION OF GAME BIRDS AND MAMMALS INTO THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Gardiner Bump

THE ROLE OF EXOTICS IN THE OHIO VALLEY, Lawrence E. Hicks

GAME INTRODUCTIONS IN MICHIGAN, H. D. Ruhl

POSSIBLE TEMPERATURE FACTORS IN NORTH CENTRAL PHEASANT DISTRIBUTION, Rudolf Bennitt and Harold V. Terrill

THE CHUKAR AND HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGES IN AMERICA, Clarence Cottam, Arnold L. Nelson and Lawrence W. Saylor

WILDLIFE INTRODUCTIONS IN ALASKA, Olaus J. Murie

THE EUROPEAN WILD HOG IN AMERICA, A. C. Shaw

ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOATS IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA, Lloyd W. Swift

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